Chapter 278 - Growing Rice (I) (1/2)

Chapter 278 Growing Rice (I)

Although Lin Luoran has expected that her s.p.a.ce will be expanded with her advancement, she is still shocked when she slips into her s.p.a.ce after all guests leave at midnight.

In front of her eyes, there are all kinds of plants, is it really her s.p.a.ce?

Not counting the area of the small wooden hut, her s.p.a.ce covers an area of 2,000 to 3,000 square meters. It reminds Lin Luoran that when she first took over the place, the cultivable area was less than one-tenth of the present one. It is her ceaseless cultivation and hard work during these years that enable the s.p.a.ce to grow along with her. Calm as Lin Luoran is, she is so proud of herself.

Maybe the extra piece of land can be used to grow what she has already wanted to grow!

Well, half of the land can be used to grow rice, 20% of the land, wheat, and the rest, oilseed rape, which can be used to extract oil together with tea seeds intermittently harvested from the s.p.a.ce.

The plan that she has been thinking for a long time can finally be implemented, which makes Lin Luoran very happy. In the past, s.p.a.ce was small. She made the most of the land by planting herbs, vegetables, fruits and tea trees. There was really no s.p.a.ce for her to grow staple food. Because people from Chuan are used to eat rice, no matter how delicious the fruits and vegetables grown by her family are, she feels uncomfortable if she doesn’t eat rice. However, getting used to the natural vegetables from the s.p.a.ce or her family, she finds the rice bought from the market hard to swallow, no matter how good it is. After all, it can’t compete with homegrown rice.

It is also true of cooking oil. Without Reiki, even high-quality olive oil is not good enough to cook vegetables from the s.p.a.ce. The poultry is OK. Ms. Lin keeps many chickens and ducks in the corner of the yard. They eat leftovers from the s.p.a.ce, like cabbage leaves and water spinach sticks. Their meat is tender and harmless, which is high-quality.

Therefore, members of the Lin family are becoming less and less fond of rice. In this way, the food on their table will become western-style…Lin Luoran giggles while looking at her s.p.a.ce. The wheat can also be ground and steamed. She remembers that Baojia likes cooked wheaten food very much. Baojia even praised the noodles that she cooked.

Baojia has been living on porridge during the days when she is asleep. Although the porridge is cooked with tonics and spirit herbs, it tastes bland. The intention of making delicious food for Baojia when she wakes up encourages Lin Luoran.

Unfortunately, her Spells of the Five Elements don’t work in the s.p.a.ce. To grow rice, she has to work diligently by herself.

Mrs. Lin finds her daughter strange again for three consecutive days.

How strange? She stays in her room every day, but her clothes are stained with mud when she comes out for the meal. One day at the dining table, she even says that she will reclaim the lake bank in front of the door.

“What? You want to grow rice?” Mrs. Lin asks while staring at her daughter. How can she come up with the idea of growing rice by the lake?

Lin Luoran takes a piece of fish while saying, “Mom, don’t you think our vegetables taste better than rice? Let’s have a try. If we succeed, it will be good; if we fail, it doesn’t matter.”

This proposal arouses the interest of Mrs. Lin, who loves cooking very much. Anyway, all the people in the family are free when they are not cultivating. Why not ask them to take care of the rice field?

The soil beside the lake is both moist and fertile. Unfortunately, the huge semi-artificial lake belongs to Qingcheng Villa. The scenery belongs to Villa 18, but the lake does not. Lin Luoran has included the lake into the circle for protecting her family because she has long been planning to buy it.

People can’t see the Reiki Dome, but the property management company can see the rice that you grow. She must solve the problem once and for all.

Lin Luoran asks Zeng Tian to find out which company Qingcheng Villa belongs to so that she can discuss the purchase of the lake with the company.

A few days later, Zeng Tian tells her that Qingcheng Villa was developed by a multinational corporation. Even influential locals like Zeng Tian can’t get in touch with the boss of the corporation. Just as Lin Luoran decides to drop the idea of growing rice in front of her door, the owner of Qingcheng Villa shows up.

It is really a coincidence. When she chats with Master Mu on the phone, she mentions it casually. Then Master Mu laughs:

“You are a smart girl, but this time you are being silly. The villa was developed by one of my nephews. Now that we gave the house to you, no one would stop you from using that lake. Don’t worry about it. When you reap the harvest, remember to send me some rice.”

Lin Luoran really wants to pat her head hard. There was no need to ask Zeng Tian to ask about it. She should have asked Master Mu, because he would never have sent her a villa of unknown origin.

Before Master Mu hanging up the phone, he adds, “My nephew happens to be in the R City these days. I will ask Tiannan to take him to see you someday.”

Lin Luoran agrees. Since she gets a lake for free, it is reasonable to see its real owner. As for Mu Tiannan, it is said that he was a.s.signed to take care of his family’s shares in the pharmaceutical factory in the R City. Because of the fight with the Blood Line, she hasn’t met him. She wonders if the dandiacal man becomes more mature after getting married.

Knowing that they can use the lake, all members of the Lin family begin to take action.

It is a daydream to ask Li Xi’er to wear Tang suit and level off the mud, so Lin Luoran asks her to go downtown and buy rice seeds. She has already prepared about 300 square meters of field in the s.p.a.ce. For lack of rice seeds, the field is still vacant.

Lin Luoran is not the first one who grows rice by the lake. The soil beside the lake is soft and fertile, and there is no worry about water shortage. Besides, since it is a small lake, there is no risk of flood, so it is the most suitable place for growing rice. First, build a small ridge by the lake to separate the open s.p.a.ce by the lake from the lake water, and then dig some mud at the bottom of the lake to fertilize the land. Mr. Lin enjoys the work very much. With the help of Yuan Ye and Zeng Tian, the unsolicited labor, the field beside the lake is prepared in two days.

The rice field is only two or three meters wide, but the lake is not small. Therefore, the total field around the lake is quite large.